**Exhibit 24**

 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESEPRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogersand R. Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without theother, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, withfull power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of each of CinergyCorp. and PSI Energy, Inc., the Form 10-K Annual Report of each corporation forthe fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, and to deliver said Form 10-KAnnual Reports so signed for filing with the Securities and ExchangeCommission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this18th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  Michael G. Browning |
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|   | Michael G. Browning           |

 

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESEPRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogersand R. Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without theother, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, withfull power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of Cinergy Corp.,the Form 10-K Annual Report of said corporation for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2003, and to deliver said Form 10-K Annual Report so signedfor filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this24th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  Phillip R. Cox |
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|   | Phillip R. Cox           |

 

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESEPRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogersand R. Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without theother, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, withfull power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of  PSI Energy, Inc., the Form 10-K AnnualReport of said corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003,and to deliver said Form 10-K Annual Report so signed for filing with theSecurities and Exchange Commission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this20th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  Douglas F. Esamann |
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|   | Douglas F. Esamann           |

 

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESEPRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogersand R. Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without theother, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, withfull power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of Cinergy Corp.,the Form 10-K Annual Report of said corporation for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2003, and to deliver said Form 10-K Annual Report so signedfor filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this20th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  George C. Juilfs |
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|   | George C. Juilfs           |

 

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESEPRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogersand R. Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without theother, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, withfull power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of Cinergy Corp.,the Form 10-K Annual Report of said corporation for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2003, and to deliver said Form 10-K Annual Report so signedfor filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this19th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  Thomas E. Petry |
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|   | Thomas E. Petry           |

 

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS,that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogers and R.Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without the other, theundersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power ofsubstitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf of theundersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of Cinergy Corp., theForm 10-K Annual Report of said corporation for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2003, and to deliver said Form 10-K Annual Report so signedfor filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this17th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  Mary L. Schapiro |
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|   | Mary L. Schapiro           |

 

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESEPRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogersand R. Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without theother, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, withfull power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of Cinergy Corp.,the Form 10-K Annual Report of said corporation for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2003, and to deliver said Form 10-K Annual Report so signedfor filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this18th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  John J. Schiff, Jr. |
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|   | John J. Schiff, Jr.           |

 

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESEPRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogersand R. Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without theother, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, withfull power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of Cinergy Corp., theForm 10-K Annual Report of said corporation for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2003, and to deliver said Form 10-K Annual Report so signedfor filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this17th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  Philip R. Sharp |
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|   | Philip R. Sharp           |

 

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESEPRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogersand R. Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without theother, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, withfull power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of Cinergy Corp.,the Form 10-K Annual Report of said corporation for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2003, and to deliver said Form 10-K Annual Report so signedfor filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this24th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  Dudley S. Taft |
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|   | Dudley S. Taft           |

 

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

 

KNOW ALL BY THESEPRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Rogersand R. Foster Duncan, or either of them with full power to act without theother, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, withfull power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director of each of TheCincinnati Gas & Electric Company and The Union Light, Heat and PowerCompany, the Form 10-K Annual Report of each corporation for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2003, and to deliver said Form 10-K Annual Reports so signedfor filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The undersigned doeshereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and eachof them, shall lawfully do by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, theundersigned has hereunto caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on this24th day of February, 2004.

 

 
|   | /s/  James L. Turner |
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|   | James L. Turner           |

 

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